Chapter One Hundred Seventy-Seven: A Man Called Ove

Have you read A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman?  If not, you should definitely go and read it.  Immediately.  Yes, I liked it so much I was willing to use a sentence fragment there, for emphasis.  But really, A Man Called Ove is great, and I think most people who enjoy fiction will enjoy this read, a sleeper hit translated from the Swedish.  This story about a grumpy old (Swedish) man (the titular Ove) sucked me in right from page one: although the story is narrated in the third person, the narrator seems both in sympathy with Ove and a keen observer of him.  With a cast of interesting characters and an ever-increasing understanding of just why Ove might be so grumpy, I found this book to be really gripping--I hardly wanted to put it down even after I'd finished reading it!  I have a whole pile of unread books at home now, but sometime in the not-too-distant future, I'd definitely like to read Backman's other novels, and in the meantime, I'll recommend A Man Called Ove to anyone and everyone looking for a good story.